2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

The 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 10 January 2003 and 20 January 2003. All matches were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Originally scheduled to be held between 26 January 2002 and 5 February 2002, the tournament was postponed due to the suspension of Bangladesh Football Federation by FIFA. Afghanistan were not in the draw, but were included in the tournament following the recommendation from AFC to do so. It was also Bhutan's first tournament.

2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates10 – 20 January
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bangladesh (1st title)
Runners-up Maldives
Third place India
Fourth place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sarfraz Rasool (4 goals)

The final was contested by Bangladesh and the Maldives. Ali Umar had levelled in the second half after Kanchan had given Bangladesh the lead. The match went to penalties and Asraf Lufty had missed from the spot for the Maldives. Mohmmed Sujon kept his nerve to score the final penalty giving Bangladesh a 5–3 victory, and with it, their first SAFF Cup championship. Pakistan's Safraz Rasool was top goal scorer.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Pakistan 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9
 India 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
 Sri Lanka 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: SAFF
India 0–1 Pakistan
Rasool  50'
Referee: Tayeb Hossain (Bangladesh)
Sri Lanka 1–0 Afghanistan
Steinwall  41'
Referee: Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal)
Pakistan 2–1 Sri Lanka
Zahid Niaz  50'
Rasool  86'		 Chathura Weersinghe  89'
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh)
India 4–0 Afghanistan
Biswas  30'  63'
D'Cunha  77'  86'
Referee: Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal)
Pakistan 1–0 Afghanistan
Rasool  9'
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh (Bangladesh)
India 1–1 Sri Lanka
Biswas  88' Chryshantha Abeysekera  90'
Referee: Hasan (Bangladesh)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bangladesh 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
   Nepal 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
 Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: SAFF
Maldives 6–0 Bhutan
Nizam  2'
Ashraful Luffy  11'
Shiham  24'  25'  67'
Umar  77'
Referee: AD Silva (Sri Lanka)
Bangladesh 1–0   Nepal
Alfaz  30'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand)
Nepal   2–0 Bhutan
Niranjan Rayamajhi  14'
Kumar Thapa  87'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Balu Sundar Raj (India)
Bangladesh 1–0 Maldives
Joy  90'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: AD Silva (Sri Lanka)
Nepal   2–3 Maldives
Niranjan Rayamajhi  56'
Dev Narayan Chaudhary  90' (pen.)		 Nizam  63'
Ashraf Lutfy  75'
Umar  85'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand)
Bangladesh 3–0 Bhutan
Ariful Kabir Farhad  3'  54'
Kanchan  78'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Balu Sundar Raj (India)

Knockout phase

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Bangladesh2
 
20 January
 
 India1
 
 Bangladesh(p)1 (5)
 
18 January
 
 Maldives1 (3)
 
 Maldives1
 
 
 Pakistan0
 
Third place
 
 
20 January
 
 
 India2
 
 
 Pakistan1

Semi-finals
Bangladesh 2 – 1 (a.s.d.e.t.) India
Kanchan  77'
Motiur Munna  98'		 D'Cunha  81'
Referee: Kunsuta Chaiwat (Thailand)
Maldives 1–0 Pakistan
Fazeel  12'
Referee: Budhi Bahadur Gurung (Nepal)

Third Place Match
India 2 – 1 (a.s.d.e.t.) Pakistan
Vijayan  56'
Jadav  99'		 Rasool  66'
Referee: Tayeb Hasan (Bangladesh)

Final
Bangladesh 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Maldives
Kanchan  13' Umar  57'
Penalties
Islam
Muhiful Miah
Hasan Al-Mamun
Mahmudul Hasan
Mohammad Sujon 		5–3 Ahmed Naaz
Ashraf Lutfy
Aaron Gill
Fazeel
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: AD Silva (Sri Lanka)

Champion
 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup Winners 

Bangladesh
First title

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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